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Passiflora quadrangularis

L. (1759)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Passifloraceae Genus: Passiflora

giant granadilla

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Lianas.

Stems: Stems 4–angled.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ovate to broadly elliptic–ovate, 7.8–13 cm long, 6–10.2 cm wide. Base shallowly cordate. Surfaces glabrous. Margins entire. Petioles with 4–6 usually paired, globose nectaries 1–2 mm in diameter. Stipules broadly ovate, 18–35 mm long.

Flowers: Flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual (perfect), campanulate, 7– 10 cm in diameter. Hypanthium 0.6–0.9 cm long; corona banded with purple, filamentous, wavy, ca. 3 cm long. Calyx of 5 sepals, white or white tinged pink or purple. Corolla of 5 petals, alternate with the sepals, white or white tinged pink or purple. Stamens 5(–8), on an androgynophore; anthers dithecal, versatile, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, stipitate, placentation parietal; ovules anatropous.

Fruit: Berries green at maturity; oblong; 20–30 cm long; 10–20 cm wide; aril white or grayish. Seeds numerous; Seed coat reticulate; with an aromatic; succulent; edible aril; embryo embedded in copious oily; soft fleshy endosperm.

Ploidy: 2n = 18*

Habitat: Wet forests.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Potentially Naturalizing
O'ahu Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Dylan Charter
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1248 (1759)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1012 (O, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:450 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Passiflora quadrangularis L. kona wet woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nishina, c. collector number: degener 7103 Hawaii BISH 6/20/1931
2 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Waianu, Waiahole open forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 11397 Oahu BISH 8/10/1937
3 Passiflora quadrangularis L. waiahole PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kerr, m. collector number: 5a Oahu BISH 12/30/1945
4 Passiflora quadrangularis L. lawai valley (pacific tropical botanic garden) below administration area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 53656 Kauai US 4/3/1971
5 Passiflora quadrangularis L. waianu, waiahole PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener, park, -- salucop & mcguire 11397 Oahu US 8/10/1937
6 Passiflora quadrangularis L. waianu, waiahole open forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. park, k.k.; salucop, f.; mcguire collector number: 11397 Oahu BISH 8/10/1937
7 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Olaa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 10061 Hawaii BISH 9/7/1933
8 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Tantalus, 2367 Ainalani Place, Honolulu (Residence of Y. Sinoto) PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Sinoto, Y. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/20/1986
9 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Kona wet woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nishina, C. Degener 7103 Hawaii BISH 6/20/1931
10 Passiflora quadrangularis L. tantalus, 2367 ainalani place, honolulu (residence of y. sinoto) PRESERVED_SPECIMEN sinoto, y. collector number: s.n. Lanai BISH 8/20/1986
11 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Honolulu, 42 Coelho Way garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/1/1940
12 Passiflora quadrangularis L. lawai valley, ptbg below administration area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 53656 Maui BISH 4/3/1971
13 Passiflora quadrangularis L. olaa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 10061 Hawaii BISH 9/7/1933
14 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Honolulu, Kamehameha Girls' School PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd Jr., A.F. 203 Oahu BISH 10/2/1937
15 Passiflora quadrangularis L. honolulu, kamehameha girls' school PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd jr., a.f. collector number: 203 Oahu BISH 10/2/1937
16 Passiflora quadrangularis L. honolulu, 42 coelho way garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. Oahu BISH 8/8/1940
17 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Waiahole PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kerr, M. 5A Oahu BISH 12/30/1945
18 Passiflora quadrangularis L. Lawai Valley, PTBG below administration area climbing in tall thicket on weedy roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 53656 Kauai BISH 4/3/1971
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